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Car Review | 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited By John Heilig

Car Review | 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited By John Heilig

Car Review | 2015 Subaru Outback 3.6R Limited By John Heilig ... Continue reading

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso Crowned Winner of the MPV Category

Citroen Grand C4 Picasso Crowned Winner of the MPV Category

New Citroën Grand C4 Picasso wins the MPV category at Scottish Car of the Year Awards Award presented by Association of Scottish Motoring Writers at prestigious ceremony in St. Andrews New Citroën C4 Cactus & New C1Airscape are runners-up in the Family & Drop Top categories respectively Citroën’s Grand C4 ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda3 scoops 'Family Car' at the 2014 SCOTY Awards

All-New Mazda3 scoops 'Family Car' at the 2014 SCOTY Awards

All-new Mazda3 wins SCOTY Awards 'Family Car' category Judges praise styling, driving dynamics, quality, performance and efficiency All-new Mazda3 2.2-litre Diesel runner-up in 'Diesel' category The all-new Mazda3 has made a dominant showing at the ‘2014 Scottish Car of the Year’ (SCOTY) awards ceremony last ... Continue reading

Fiat 500X and Dynamo: Stars of the "The Power of X" European Tour

Fiat 500X and Dynamo: Stars of the "The Power of X" European Tour

FIAT has partnered with famous magician Dynamo to star in the FIAT 500X pre-launch build up The artist and the new crossover are set to feature in an extraordinary VR magic experience which will be viewed using special “Oculus Rift” headsets at the 676 European events scheduled prior to the showroom debut of ... Continue reading

Mercedes-AMG Ups the Ante

Mercedes-AMG Ups the Ante

Growth strategy aimed at new market segments Doubling of global sales targeted by 2017 Premiere of the new AMG Sport models at the North American International Motor Show in Detroit Affalterbach - The sports car and high-performance brand Mercedes-AMG will achieve a new sales record of well over 40,000 units globally t ... Continue reading

The First Ford Mondeo Leaves the Assembly Line

The First Ford Mondeo Leaves the Assembly Line

Ford has started production of its all-new Ford Mondeo Hybrid – the first hybrid electric car built and sold by Ford in Europe. The Mondeo Hybrid combines a specially-developed 2.0-litre petrol engine with an electric motor and 1.4 kWh lithium-ion battery for 67.3 mpg (combined), reaching 100.9 mpg for urban drivi ... Continue reading

75 Years of Protection for Occupants and Other Road Users From Mercedes-Benz: Innovation as a Tradition

75 Years of Protection for Occupants and Other Road Users From Mercedes-Benz: Innovation as a Tradition

STUTTGART/BOBLINGEN, GERMANY -- November 27, 2014: An important chapter in the history of vehicle safety began 75 years ago when Béla Barényi joined the then Daimler-Benz AG, as the company was called then. To mark this anniversary, past and present members of the Mercedes-Benz safety development team, representing d ... Continue reading

Campers Based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Set New Standards Premiere: Hymer ML-T is the First Motorhome with Crosswind Assist

Campers Based on the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Set New Standards Premiere: Hymer ML-T is the First Motorhome with Crosswind Assist

First standard-fit Crosswind Assist for motorhomes with custom-built bodies Close cooperation with renowned camper manufacturer Hymer Extensive range of innovative driver assistance systems Huge choice of base models, wheelbase lengths and drives Stuttgart. Last year, the new Mercedes-Benz Sprinter achieved a new dimen ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans for 2nd Row Overhead Grips

Toyota Announces Recall of Certain Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans for 2nd Row Overhead Grips

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today announced plans to conduct a voluntary safety recall of approximately 25,500 Model Year 2015 Sienna Minivans. Approximately 30,000 Sienna vehicles are involved worldwide; including approximately 2,000 in Canada; 1,600 in Mexico; 130 in Korea and 18 vehicles in Germany. The involv ... Continue reading

Lotus F1 Team Driving Renault Twizy Inside the Dubai Mall

Lotus F1 Team Driving Renault Twizy Inside the Dubai Mall

Just days before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Formula One drivers Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado, who drive for the Renault-powered Lotus F1 Team, electrified the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destination through 100% electric vehicle, Renault Twizy. Renault has teamed up with Formula 1 drivers and ... Continue reading

Ian Callum, Director of Design for Jaguar Honoured by the Chartered Society of Designers with the prestigious Minerva Medal

Ian Callum, Director of Design for Jaguar Honoured by the Chartered Society of Designers with the prestigious Minerva Medal

Ian Callum honoured by Chartered Society of Designers for outstanding contribution to automotive design Presented by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, the Minerva Medal is the highest accolade given by the Society Ian Callum is the first car designer to be awarded the Minerva Medal since Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro in ... Continue reading

ZAP and Jonway Auto Exhibits URBEE in Los Angeles Auto Show

ZAP and Jonway Auto Exhibits URBEE in Los Angeles Auto Show

ZAP (ZAAP), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California Bay Area, and Jonway Auto is exhibiting the URBEE at the Los Angeles Auto Show in the Concourse Hall at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Los Angeles Auto Show is from November 21st to November 30th this week. The URBEE is US DOT ap ... Continue reading

Hyundai first to offer hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to Canadian public

Hyundai first to offer hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to Canadian public

Hyundai established global leadership in fuel cell vehicles by becoming the first to mass-produce the zero-emissions Tucson FCEV in 2013 VANCOUVER -- Nov. 26, 2014: Demonstrating leadership in implementing advanced engineering and zero-emissions technology, Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. announced today that it will be the ... Continue reading

Ford Piquette Plant Partners With Detroit Regional Workforce Fund

Ford Piquette Plant Partners With Detroit Regional Workforce Fund

Students in the fund's "Access for All" apprenticeship training program help renovate historic Ford facility on Piquette Avenue Hammers are pounding at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Museum as students from the "Access for All" apprenticeship training program build walls and assist in installing windows at the 110-year ... Continue reading

Market launch of the Comprehensively Updated Mercedes-Benz Sports Tourer: New B-Class with Dealers from 29 November

Market launch of the Comprehensively Updated Mercedes-Benz Sports Tourer: New B-Class with Dealers from 29 November

"For the best of what's coming up" - so says the advertising slogan for the new B-Class. The market launch of the new model will shortly no longer be one of the things covered by that slogan, for deliveries of the first units of the comprehensively updated Sports Tourer will be starting very soon, on 29 November. Merce ... Continue reading

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